Words beginning with C

A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties …

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A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the…

A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes …

An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violen…

Having had objectionable content removed.

The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.

An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular r…

A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

(Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre.

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in tot…

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To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate

Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.

A barangay of Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines.

A player who scores a century.

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twe…

Alternative letter-case form of CEO.

Alternative form of cefalexin.

Of or relating to the head.

The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.

Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

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The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

Obsolete form of circle.